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1 Maccabees 9:52-54
Revised Standard Version
1 Maccabees 9:52-54
Revised Standard Version
52 He also fortified the city of Beth-zur, and Gazar′a, and the citadel, and in them he put troops and stores of food. 53 And he took the sons of the leading men of the land as hostages and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem.
54 In the one hundred and fifty-third year,[a] in the second month, Al′cimus gave orders to tear down the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary. He tore down the work of the prophets!
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- 1 Maccabees 9:54 159 b.c.
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